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Friday, September 30, 2016

Fall is in the air, finally! Time for pumpkin picking, dressing up in fun costumes, boots, hoodies and hay rides!!!!

Here is a list of family-friendly events in Montgomery, Prattville, Wetumpka and surrounding areas for October.

As always, I recommend that you follow the links for more information and call ahead to confirm. Event information often changes!

If you know of any other events to share with families in the river region, send an email to: riverregionfamily @ gmail . com or leave a message on this post or on the River Region Family Facebook page.

2-5 pm World Wide Day of Play - Pratt Park Amphitheater FREEThe Parks and Recreation Department has planned a
carnival-themed FREE event that will encourage kids to get up and get
active during the Worldwide Day of Play event in the City of Prattville!
The Carnival will include water bucket musical chairs, football toss,
face painting, balloon darts and more, and prizes will be provided. We
encourage all kids K-6th grades to come out and participate.

Friday 10/14/1611 am Naturalist Led Hike at ANC$5 admission. Saturday 10/15/169 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm-Guided Tours of State Capitol FREEUse rear entrance at 1 North Union Street -- Guided tours are available at 9, 11, 1, and 3 to
individuals and groups. (No self-guided tours on
Saturday.) Tours last approximately 45
minutes. Pre-arrangement suggested, but not
required, for groups of 15 or more.

Noon-7 pm A Shakepeare Celebration-Blount Cultural Park FREE MMFA and ASF in collaboration will present a day for families to view the First Folio
with offerings on the grounds of the theater including performances,
creative children’s activities, artisan demonstrations, fight
presentations, talks on Shakespeare, and more. Several arts activities
(1 to 2 P.M. and 3 to 4 P.M.) will also be offered at the MMFA. The day will begin at noon with a special Theater in the Mind Lecture
on ASF’s Festival Stage in anticipation of a 2 P.M. performance of Gravedigger’s Tale. The First Folio
will be on view at the Museum until 5 with related drop-in arts
activities offered at the Museum from 1 – 2 and 3 – 4 PM. At these times
young visitors will be invited to create their own paper Hamlet
characters with costumes. Throughout the day, a variety of the
entertainments listed above will be ongoing at ASF.For tickets to the matinee of Gravedigger’s Tale, please visit ASF.net.

4pm-6:30 pm Alabama Nature Center-Creatures of the Night FREEActivities will begin at 4:00pm and include a slithering snake
encounter, Black lighting for insects, ewwy gooy touch table, flashlight
spider search and night hike, and a movie under the stars! Smores is
complementary for the movie. Please feel free to bring a blanket or
chairs for the movie. Recommended ages 5 and up. Sunday 10/16/161-4 pm HALO 5th Annual Make a Memory Day Free fall family fun, live music, live characters, games, pumpkin patch, bounce houses, concessions, and more!

Thursday 10/20/166 pm ANC Program- Exploring Alabama's Caves. $5 admission. Exploring Alabama's Caves - Ray Knott, Executive Director of The
Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc, will tell us all about the secret
world below our feet. The SCCI is the largest land conservancy solely
dedicated to the conservation of caves and karst environments. Watch an
exclusive screening of Southern Exposure's Sharing the Secrets, a
film that takes viewers underground into the vast subterranean geology
of a few of Alabama's more than 4,000 caves! We will also have some live
bats on-hand as part of this cool presentation!

Friday 10/21/1611 am Naturalist Led Hike at ANC$5 admission. All ages. Saturday 10/22/169 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm-Guided Tours of State Capitol FREEUse rear entrance at 1 North Union Street -- Guided tours are available at 9, 11, 1, and 3 to
individuals and groups. (No self-guided tours on
Saturday.) Tours last approximately 45
minutes. Pre-arrangement suggested, but not
required, for groups of 15 or more.

11am-3 pm Whole Foods Pop Up Pumpkin Patch FREEStop by between 11AM to 3PM in the Whole Foods
Market parking lot to pick out your pumpkin and meet some of our team
members! We're excited to get to know our community as we prepare for
our grand opening in November. Pumpkins are first come first serve and
one per household. Sunday 10/23/162-4 pm Family Art Affair and Jazz Jams FREEParticipants will be invited to explore the exhibition Federico Uribe: Transformart
and create inventive 3-dimensional artwork with jazz performances
ongoing. The afternoon will end with a dance interpretation of Uribe’s
work by the Booker T. Washington Magnet High Dance Theater starting at 4
P.M.

Thursday 10/27/16 4-6 pm Prattville Candy Walk FREE (non-perishable food item requested)This free event is for toddlers through second graders.Lineup will begin at 3:30 p.m. and this year we plan to have two
starting points for the lines to begin. We will have our usual starting
point in front of City Hall and to relieve the congestion and long
waiting times, we will have a second starting point at the end of Main
Street at Heritage Park. Each of the lines will continue through the
shops of Downtown, with many of the businesses participating.

Saturday 10/29/16Halloween Comic FestHalloween ComicFest is an
annual event where participating comic book specialty shops across North
America and beyond celebrate the Halloween season by giving away comic
books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops. Find participating shops here.

9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm-Guided Tours of State CapitolUse rear entrance at 1 North Union Street -- Guided tours are available at 9, 11, 1, and 3 to
individuals and groups. (No self-guided tours on
Saturday.) Tours last approximately 45
minutes. Pre-arrangement suggested, but not
required, for groups of 15 or more.

Disclaimer: We do our best at River Region Family to provide accurate, useful information about events and activities. This information (such as times and locations) is gathered from press releases, local newspapers, signs around town and word of mouth. We do our best to confirm details before they are posted here. Sometimes details change or we are given inaccurate information. Whenever possible we link our write-ups to the source in which our information came from and strongly urge you to confirm details before you go. River Region Family is in no way responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities recommended on this site.

2-5 pm Worldwide Day of Play at Pratt Park AmphitheaterThe Parks and Recreation Department has planned a
carnival-themed FREE event that will encourage kids to get up and get
active during the Worldwide Day of Play event in the City of Prattville!
The Carnival will include water bucket musical chairs, football toss,
face painting, balloon darts and more, and prizes will be provided. We
encourage all kids K-6th grades to come out and participate.

1-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Sunday 9/18/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Monday 9/19/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Tuesday 9/20/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Wednesday 9/21/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Thursday 9/22/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Friday 9/23/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

6-9 pm Ballet & The Beast at Montgomery ZooMontgomery Ballet invites all of Montgomery to
join us at our annual Ballet & the Beasts performance on Friday,
September 23, 2016 at the Montgomery Zoo! Ballet and the Beasts is a
wonderful, free family-friendly event you don’t want to miss! Picnic
baskets and chairs are welcome. Gates open at 6:00pm and the performance
begins at dusk.

Saturday9/24/16Museum Day LiveMuseum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian
magazine in which participating museums across the country open their
doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free.To find a participating museum, click here.

1-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

Sunday 9/25/161-7 pm Messiah's Mansion Tours Free tours every 15 minutes for this traveling exhibit that brings ancient history back to life. Travel
back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where
over two million people banded together to build a tabernacle for their
God.

2-4 pm Family Art Affair and Jazz Jams at MMFA FREEBring the whole family to this FREE Museum program where all are welcome
to listen to Jazz jams and create individual works of art!
Participants are invited to make and take home a fun work of art
inspired by the exhibition Dark City: Urban America at Night. All materials are provided. Join us for Jazz Jams featuring Gypsy Cornbread from 2-4pm in the Orientation Circle. Tuesday 9/27/166-8 pm Chick-fil-A Eastchase Kid's Night- Back To School Bash

Disclaimer: We do our best at River Region Family to provide accurate, useful information about events and activities. This information (such as times and locations) is gathered from press releases, local newspapers, signs around town and word of mouth. We do our best to confirm details before they are posted here. Sometimes details change or we are given inaccurate information. Whenever possible we link our write-ups to the source in which our information came from and strongly urge you to confirm details before you go. River Region Family is in no way responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities recommended on this site.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Travel back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and
Palestine where over two million people banded together to build a
tabernacle for their God. Each element in the tabernacle had deep
significant meaning to the Hebrew people and this tour will bring each
symbol to life.